After the yearly pap smear was scrapped, it was only a matter of time that they'd come for our yearly pelvic exam too. Stop it, you're putting the gynecologists out of business and making everyone upset!

There are many online resources about pelvic exams, but they're not always reassuring. As a woman who was raped many years ago I went online to find reassurance, and what I read had the opposite effect. But I'm happy to say that the exam was fine, I didn't notice any discomfort, there was no pain and I felt respected.…